Bowling-alley.



PATLNTLD AUG. 30, 1904."

A. L( GRILBLL. BOWLING ALLEY.` APPLICATION FI'LED MAR. 5, 1904.

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[NVE/v TOR PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

A. F. GRIEBEL. BOWLING ALLEY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. 1904.

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`,BOWLING ALLEY.

*Y A Y I AVPPLIGATION FILED MAR. 5. 1904: 1 N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Patentedv August so, 1904.

UNITED 'l STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR F. GRIEBEL, OF 'LITTLE ROOK, ARKANSAS.

BOWLING-ALLEY. "4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ne. 768,600, dated August 3o, 1904.

. Application filed March 5, 1904.

T LZZ whom, it may concern:

ley similar to those now in use and which are permanent structures.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fullyk illustrate my invention, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device, wherein a portable bowling-alley is shown. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the samer Fig. 8 isa vertical transverse sectional View taken on line Fig. 2. Fig. A is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal View of the same; and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing' the lever, its rod, and one of the pinsconnected by a cord to said rod.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the main frame of the device, comprising the floor or bed t and a hood b, that forms a rearextension, thereby closing this end ofthe alley. This hood is semicircular in form, having the top c extending somewhat forward from the central vertical line, as at-ol. The bed of the alley and the semicircular hood are connected to one another by side rails or pieces e, which-are braced and supported by the upright pieces f and to which latter vis secured an elevated platform g, consisting of raised table or support t, upon which the nine or number of pins, according to the game played, are set up, and a trough v1, that is arranged on each side and at the front of this raised table and continues vtoward the.V front of the device at one side thereof-where it is closed at the end,l as at j. This raised platform, with its gutter or trough, is arranged within the main frame,

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and thesides of frameadjacent` to the setup table is provided with a wire screen, thus inclosing this portion of the device with the exception of the top above the nine pins. This table is provided with ninever'tical perforations lo, beingone perfor'ation'for each pin Z, and-at the bottom ofeach pin is an eye m, to which a single cord or chainnJ is secured, said cord or chain and vthe eye entering the perforation, and the opposite end of .each cord or chain is connected or secured to an eyeo in the rear end of a horizontal rod p, which is supported by staples r on the under side of the trough. VThe frontend of this rod is pivoted to a hand-lever s,v which latter in turn is pivoted at t to the main frame. "A spring u is connected at one end to the upper portion of this lever, while its opposite end is secured to the side of the main frame or trough, as shown at o. A shield w is arranged in front 4of the nine pins and somewhat higher than the table, which also serves as a portion of y the trough.

It will be observed that the hood or rear end of the alley is slightly raised or elevated, and in playing the game of ninepins the operator pitches the ball in the usual manner, and when it reaches the inside of the hood at' itslowest point said ball follows the semicircle or curve in its upward flight, at the same time coming forwardand striking the pins.'

knocking them' down, after which the ball rolls in the trough on either side of the table and down the long portion thereof, where it is stopped by the closed end. After one or more pins lare knocked down the same can be readily setup simply by the operator drawing the hand-lever forward, which causes the rod to draw the cords or chains, and the latter in turn draw the eye of the pin into its perforationlon the table, when the pin or pins are caused to stand upright, the spring forcing the lever to its normal position.

It will be readily seen that a deviceof this character need not be necessarily portable, but can bea permanent fixture and usedjas bowling-alleys are now operated, and a device as herein described is simple in construction, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patforming a part o1 said trough, and the rear ent, is end of the floor being Curved upwardlyv and l. In a bowling-alley. the Combination with forwardlyT and terminating near the rear end 15 the floor, 0f a pin-platform supported thereon, of Said pin-platform.

5 the rear end of said Hoor being curved up- Intestimonywhereoflhavesignedniynnrno Wardly and forwardly and terminating near to this specification in the presence ol two suhthe rear end of said lpin-platforrnl seribing witnesses.

2. In a bowling-al ey, the combination wit 1 f w j v an elevated pin-platform provided with a ARlHUh' F' (IRHQBIL IO trough arranged at the side of, and in front Witnesses:

of the elevated pin-platform, a shield located G. C. SIMMERMAN, above the pinplatforrnand secured to, and A. D. BEACH. 

